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Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has withdrawn his
application to interdict the release of the Public Protector's report into
"state capture".

"My instructions are to withdraw the application,"
Zuma's lawyer Anthea Platt told a full bench of the North Gauteng High Court in
Pretoria on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo struck
off the roll Co-operative Governance Minister Des Van Rooyen's application to
interdict the report for lack of urgency.

The High Court also permitted opposition parties who had
initially applied to oppose the president's application to join in the matter.

Zuma had maintained that he did not have sufficient time to
respond to questions posed by former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on his
relationship with the Gupta family. Madonsela was investigating claims of undue
influence by the family over Zuma.

Platt told the court on Tuesday that the president had found
Madonsela's report to be procedurally flawed as she did not afford him the
opportunity to respond to questions and quiz witnesses before the finalisation
of the report.

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